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US7715060B2
US7715060B2 US10/674,498 US67449803A US7715060B2 US 7715060 B2 US7715060 B2 US 7715060B2 US 67449803 A US67449803 A US 67449803A US 7715060 B2 US7715060 B2 US 7715060B2
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  • the present invention relates to an image reading apparatus that illuminates documents and reads the images of the documents by a photoelectric conversion unit, and particularly relates to an image forming unit that forms images on the photoelectric conversion unit.
  • an image scanner for reading image data on documents has been known as an image reading apparatus, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-113961, for example.
  • an image forming lens and a line sensor are fixed, and exposure scanning of a document is carried out by moving only reflecting mirrors, thus reading image data.
  • FIG. 5 shows an image reading apparatus of a known carriage-integrated scanning system.
  • a light beam emitted by a light source 501 illuminates a document 503 mounted on a document table glass 502 , then the reflected light beam from the document 503 gets bent along an optical path inside a carriage 511 through first to third mirrors 504 to 506 , and thus an image forming lens 509 forms an image onto a line sensor 510 as the light beam passes through the image forming lens 509 .
  • the carriage 511 is moved by a driving motor (not shown) in the direction arrow A (feed direction) to read the image data of the document 503 .
  • the image forming lens 509 is fixed in a lens barrel 512 , and the first to third mirrors 504 to 506 and the lens barrel 512 are fixed to the carriage 511 .
  • the field angle In an image reading apparatus such as a digital copy machine, however, since high resolution and high speed are required, the field angle must be narrow to improve the resolution of the image forming lens, but then the length of the optical path is extended and the light quantity is decreased. If the optical path length is shortened, the field angle becomes wider, which lowers the resolution and thus makes it difficult to employ a carriage-integrated scanning system.
  • an image reading apparatus of a carriage-integrated scanning system adopting an off-axis optical system that forms an image by the reflection of a light beam is presented in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-335375 (US Patent Application No. 20030038228).
  • an off-axis optical system is defined as an optical system that includes a curved surface (off-axis curved surface) whose surface normal at the intersection point of the surface and the reference axis is not on the reference axis.
  • Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-335375 a construction that avoids chromatic aberration, with air as the medium between the reflecting surfaces of an off-axis optical system, particularly for scanning color documents, is presented.
  • the present invention presents a construction for an image reading apparatus as follows.
  • the invention presents an image reading apparatus, for reading an image of a document, including an image reading unit for reading the image of the document; an illumination unit for illuminating the document; an image forming unit for forming the image of the document on the image reading apparatus, the image forming unit being constructed with a plurality of image forming mirrors formed with an off-axis reflecting surface with which a reference-axis ray has a different incident direction and reflected direction, the off-axis reflecting surface having a curvature; a housing for supporting the image reading unit, the illumination unit, and the image forming unit; and a scanning unit that moves the housing to perform scanning of the image of the document, wherein each of the image forming mirrors is disposed on a reflecting surface side thereof with urging parts being urged against the housing to determine the position of the reflecting surface.
  • the invention presents another image reading apparatus, wherein the urging parts provided on the image forming mirrors have a flat part.
  • the invention presents still another image reading apparatus, wherein the off-axis reflecting surface and the urging parts of each image forming mirror are formed integrally.
  • the invention presents yet another image reading apparatus, wherein the image forming mirrors comprise longitudinal position determining parts and lateral position determining parts for respectively and independently determining a longitudinal direction position and a lateral direction position.
  • the invention also presents another image reading apparatus, wherein either the longitudinal position determining parts or the lateral position determining parts provided on the image forming mirrors are formed on flat parts.
  • the invention presents still another image reading apparatus, wherein the longitudinal position determining parts and the lateral position determining parts provided on each image forming mirror determine the position of a reference axis of the off-axis reflecting surface of the image forming mirror.
  • the invention presents yet another image reading apparatus, wherein the off-axis reflecting surface, and the longitudinal position determining parts and the lateral position determining parts are formed integrally for each of the image forming mirrors.
  • the invention presents still another image reading apparatus, wherein the housing comprises respective engaging parts with which the longitudinal position determining parts and the lateral position determining parts of the image forming mirrors engage, and when the engaging parts, and the longitudinal position determining parts and the lateral position determining parts engage with each other, each portion of the engaging parts can slide in a direction orthogonal to a position determining direction, thereby allowing thermal expansion of the image forming mirrors.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view showing a schematic construction of an image reading apparatus in a first embodiment according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged top view of a part of the schematic construction according to the invention shown in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of the schematic construction according to the invention shown in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a construction of an image reading apparatus in a second embodiment according to the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a schematic construction of a known image reading apparatus.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part of an image reading apparatus in a first embodiment according to the invention; the apparatus is applied to a system such as an image scanner and a copy machine.
  • FIG. 2 is a top view of a carriage 12 in FIG. 1 .
  • reference numeral 1 denotes a document table glass upon which a document S is mounted.
  • Reference numeral 2 denotes a light source such as a xenon lamp, for example.
  • Reference numerals 3 to 5 respectively denote first to third reflecting mirrors which bend the optical path of a light beam from the document S.
  • Reference numerals 6 to 9 respectively denote first to fourth image forming mirrors formed with a single off-axis reflecting surface, wherein the image forming mirrors bend, with air as the medium, the light beam reflected from the image data of the document S and form an image on the surface of a reading unit 10 .
  • the first to fourth image forming mirrors 6 to 9 are formed of a resin such as polycarbonate.
  • Reference numeral 10 denotes a linear image sensor (CCD), as a reading unit, that is constructed in such a manner that a plurality of light receiving elements is arranged in a single dimensional direction (main scanning direction).
  • Reference numeral 11 denotes a housing of the carriage 12 that houses the light source 2 , the first to third reflecting mirrors 3 to 5 , the first to fourth image forming mirrors 6 to 9 , and the CCD 10 .
  • the housing 11 is integrally formed with lamp supporting parts 11 a and 11 b , reflecting mirror supporting parts 11 c and 11 d , and an image forming mirror supporting part 11 e .
  • the light source 2 is positioned at the lamp supporting parts 11 a and 11 b and directly fixed thereto; the first to third reflecting mirrors 3 to 5 are likewise fixed to the reflecting mirror supporting parts 11 c and 11 d ; and the first to fourth image forming mirrors 6 to 9 are likewise fixed to the image forming mirror supporting part 11 e .
  • Reference numeral 15 denotes a CCD mounting table which is directly fixed to CCD supporting portions 11 g and 11 h (in FIGS. 1 and 2 , reference numerals 11 g and 11 h denote different portions of the same part), which are integrally formed on the housing 11 .
  • the CCD 10 is fixed on a CCD table 16 by blade springs 17 a and 17 b .
  • the CCD mounting table 15 and the CCD table 16 are fixed to each other by a weld (X), where the position of the CCD 10 is adjusted such that the reading image quality (focus, geometric properties, etc.) of the image data read by the CCD 10 satisfies predetermined specifications.
  • Reference numeral 13 denotes a driving motor which has a function to move the carriage 12 in the direction of arrow A in the figure through a driving belt 14 connected to the housing 11 and the driving motor 13 .
  • the document S is illuminated by the light beam emitted from the light source 2 ; then, the reflecting light beam from the document S is bent along an optical path inside the carriage 12 by the first to third mirrors 3 to 5 , and is further bent by the first to fourth image forming mirrors to form an image on the surface of the CCD 10 . Then, the carriage 12 is moved by the driving motor 13 in the direction of arrow A (feed direction) to read the image data of the document S.
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a part where one of the first to fourth image forming mirrors 6 to 9 is fixed to the image forming mirror supporting part 11 e provided on the housing 11 .
  • reference numerals 6 to 9 denote the first to fourth image forming mirrors
  • reference numeral 19 denotes flat urging faces that determine the position of the mirror surface provided on the mirror surface side of the image forming mirror
  • reference numerals 20 and 21 denote bosses that determine the positions of the image forming mirror in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction
  • reference numerals 22 and 23 denote a circular hole and a long hole that are provided on the image forming mirror supporting part 11 e and engaged with the bosses of the image forming mirror
  • reference numeral 24 denotes a blade spring to fix one of the image forming mirrors 6 to 9 to the image forming mirror supporting part 11 e.
  • the positions of the image forming mirrors 6 to 9 in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction are determined by the engagement of the bosses 20 and 21 with the circular hole 22 and the long hole 23 , the position of the mirror surface is determined by urging the urging faces 19 against the mirror supporting part 11 e , and the image forming mirror is fixed by the pressure force of the blade spring 24 .
  • the method of determining the positions of the image forming mirrors in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction is not limited to the construction shown in the present embodiment; for example, the side faces of the image forming mirrors may be engaged with the housing, or the image forming mirrors may be fixed after determining the positions with a position determining tool.
  • the image forming mirrors may be fixed by bonding or screwing, for example.
  • a second embodiment of the invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 4 .
  • the essential construction of an image reading apparatus in the second embodiment is the same as that described in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a part where one of the first to fourth image forming mirrors 6 to 9 in FIGS. 1 and 2 is fixed to the image forming mirror supporting part 11 e provided on the housing 11 .
  • reference numerals 6 to 9 denote the first to fourth image forming mirrors
  • reference numeral 25 denotes flat urging faces that determine the position of the mirror surface provided on the mirror surface side of the image forming mirror
  • reference numerals 26 to 29 denote bosses and projecting parts (longitudinal position determining parts and lateral position determining parts) that determine the positions in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction of the image forming mirror
  • reference numerals 30 to 33 denote long holes that are provided on the image forming mirror supporting part 11 e and engaged with the bosses and the projecting parts of the image forming mirror
  • reference numeral 34 denotes a blade spring to fix one of the image forming mirrors 6 to 9 to the image forming mirror supporting part 11 e.
  • the position in the lateral direction is determined by engaging the bosses 26 and 27 with the long holes 30 and 31 ; the position in the longitudinal direction is determined by the engagement of the projecting parts 28 and 29 with the long holes 32 and 33 ; the position of the mirror surface is determined by urging the urging faces 25 against the mirror supporting part 11 e ; and the image forming mirror is fixed by the pressure force of the blade spring 34 .
  • the image forming mirrors are disposed such that the intersection point of a line defined by the bosses 26 and 27 and a line defined by the projecting parts 28 and 29 corresponds with the position, on the surface of the mirror, where rays along the reference axis are reflected. If the mirror is disposed at this position, even if the mirror expands more compared to the mirror supporting part due to a rise in temperature, the position where the rays along the reference axis are reflected does not move, and thus it is possible to reduce the deterioration of the image forming accuracy.
  • bosses and projecting parts provided on the image forming mirrors are not limited to the construction shown in the present embodiment; for example, it is possible to use only bosses or only projecting parts.
  • the method of fixing an image forming mirror can be implemented, for example, by bonding or screwing, which allows fixing of the mirror with high accuracy.
  • a method like that described in the present embodiment is desirable in order to absorb the expansion of the image forming mirrors due to a rise in temperature.
  • image forming mirrors formed with an off-axis reflecting surface can be positioned with high accuracy; also, the image forming mirrors can be supported while absorbing the thermal expansion when the temperature in the carriage rises, and thus it is possible to read the images of documents with high resolution and at high speed even with a carriage-integrated scanning system.

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